English: History K-6: Planned Excursion Focus
English: History K-6: Planned Excursion Focus
Global Perspective: Family stories and structures from around the world, common connections of families between countries, Exploring differences in family routine
                                                                in other cultures compared to our own
 Values: Appreciation (Stories of the past as well as the present), Acceptance (Everybody’s stories are different), Change (Things do not stay the same forever: - the
                                                                nature of family has altered over time).
English: This unit utilises and develops this KLA, especially in   History K-6:                                            Planned Excursion Focus: Students will visit the
developing literacy, comprehension and creative writing            Identifies change and continuity and describes          Glenrock State Conservation Area. Students will
skills. Students are to analyse different types of resources       the causes and effects of change on Australian          be guided by an Aboriginal of the local
through written, oral and video in understanding the Stolen        society HT3-3                                           community; giving students knowledge of the
Generation. These resources will engage students to view           Describes and explains the struggles for rights         local area. This will include students engaging
the topic from different perspectives and to grasp the             and freedoms in Australia, including Aboriginal         with the Aboriginal associated sites during the
emotions that are experienced from each perspective.               and Torres Strait Islander peoples HT3-4                walk, discuss how they lived/survived in the area
Students will be able to further develop their research skills                                                             and the how the local community was impacted
                                                                   Applies a variety of skills of historical inquiry and
and their ICT knowledge throughout the unit                                                                                by the Stolen Generation. to view a range of
                                                                   communication HT3-5
                                                                                                                           artefacts used by families in the years that have
Mathematics Students will explore the overall structure of         Experiences of Australian democracy and                 past. Before the excursion, students will examine
their families and the families of others through the              citizenship, including the status and rights of         processes in the “olden days” through discussion
introduction of data concepts. Students will learn how to          Aboriginal people and/or Torres Strait Islanders.       with one of their own family members and
represent data both physically and visually, to establish the      In the struggle for the rights and freedoms of          examine processes from the olden days in
notion that not all families are the same.                         Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.          comparison to the present day through group
                                                                                                                           rotations. On the excursion, students will listen to
Creative Arts: Students explore significant events of their                                                                verbal explanations and demonstrations by the
own lives through dramatic expression and improvisation.                                                                   historian, and be given the opportunity to
                                                                   Planned Assessment:
This includes creatively expressing their treasured memories                                                               examine these objects in pairs. A second activity
                                                                   1. Data representation activity.
through conveying thoughts, feelings and emotions of these                                                                 which requires students to examine photographs
                                                                   2. Excursion tasks: - Activity sheet and post-
past events. Students are also given the opportunity to                                                                    to identify notable differences will also be
                                                                   writing task.
express their thoughts through artistic expression, and be                                                                 established. After the excursion, students will
                                                                   3. Oral speech task
introduced to artistic techniques such as experimenting with                                                               consolidate
                                                                                                                           Key Concepts: these concepts through the
                                                                   4. Drama Task
new materials a range of artistic forms of media                                                                           completion    of an interactive
                                                                                                                               1. Continuity    and Change writing activity, and
                                                                                                                           draw2. connections
                                                                                                                                    Empatheticbetween     these concepts in
                                                                                                                                                 Understanding
Key Skills                                                                                                                 terms
                                                                                                                               3. ofSignificance
                                                                                                                                      their own personal histories.
Comprehension, use of sources, perspectives, empathetic
understanding, research, explanation and communication                                                                        4. Perspectives
HTe-1 Communicates stories of their own family heritage and heritage of others.
• What is my history and how do I know?
HTe-2 Demonstrates developing skills of historical inquiry and communication
• What stories do other people tell about the past?
• How can stories of the past be told and shared?
TES1.1 Communicates with peers and known adults in informal situations and structured activities dealing briefly with familiar topics.
• describes an object of interest to the class
• recounts a personal or shared experience
TES1.2 Demonstrates basic skills of classroom and group interaction, makes brief oral presentations and listens with reasonable attentiveness.
• demonstrates attentive listening
•listens while others present news and asks relevant questions
• participates in partner and small-group activities
RES1.5 Demonstrates developing reading skills to read short, predictable written texts on familiar texts
• relates personal experiences to texts.
• constructs meaning from visual texts with familiar content
• talks about the information found in factual texts
WES1.9 Engages in writing texts with the intention of conveying an idea or message.
• writes short personal recounts
• contributes to joint construction of texts
VAES1.1 Makes simple pictures and other kinds of artworks about things and experiences.
• investigates relationships in their art making, e.g. people who are important to them
DRAES1.1 Uses imagination and the elements of drama in imaginative play and dramatic situations.
• works with other students and the teacher to develop dramatic situations in the drama forms of
improvisation, movement, mime and storytelling
DES1.1 Represents and interprets data displays made from objects and pictures
• organises a group of similar objects into rows or columns
RES1.6 Demonstrates developing reading skills and strategies for reading books, dealing with print and comprehending texts.
• navigates through sections of computer software.
RES1.5 Demonstrates developing reading skills to read short, predictable written texts on familiar topics.
• Recognises that words on a page have a meaning and can be read aloud
WES1.9 Engages in writing texts with the intention of conveying an idea or message writes single-sentence observations and descriptions
• Writes single-sentence observations and descriptions
EXCURSION SUMMARY
For the unit the chosen excursion is to Glenrock State Conservation Area with an Aboriginal guide. This National Park is located just off Pacific Highway between Merewether
and Charlestown; open all hours with open access to all members of the public.
RELEVANT OUTCOMES/INDICATORS: HT3-3 Identifies change and continuity
HT3-5 Describes and explains struggles for rights and freedoms.
The status and the rights of ATSI
(ACHHK114)
The struggle for rights and freedoms
Use of the guide and the hands on/ auditory engagement
COST CALCULATIONS:- Admission to the museum is free of charge. Transport costs however need to be taken into consideration. Two options could be available:-
    1. Teacher could send a note home asking parents if they would be willing to donate some of their time to transport students to the excursion venue. This first must be
        discussed and carefully considered in liaison with the principal.
    2. Students could take a bus to the excursion venue. Generally, this costs about $3-$4, depending on the distance the school is away from the excursion site.
RESOURCES/ACTIVITIES:- This museum has a local historian who is extremely knowledgeable about the history of family life in the local area. The students upon arrival, could
have the privilege of listening to a presentation by the historian. Students are allowed to touch/examine artefacts under close supervision of an adult. Students can also view
photographs of families in the local area. Students will complete activity sheet which is pre-prepared by the teacher (see attached appendix below on lesson 6). The historian
also provides mind stimulating activities which get them to find specific objects throughout the museum.
EXCURSION DOCUMENTS/SAFETY
-Permission note with attached medical information form
-Risk management plan.
 -School excursion policy
Outcomes/ indicators                     Teaching and learning activities                         Resources                                   Assessment
                                                                                                                       What                               How
HT3-4                        Where and Why are we going?                                 The apology clip, KWL chart   Student is able to:                By:
Describes and explains       Lesson 1                                                    (See appendix #1)             Explain the significance of        Class discussion
the struggles for rights     Stolen Generation, Aboriginal Perspective?                                                Stolen Generation to Australia’s
freedoms in Australia,       -Orientation Phase- Examine the short clip ‘the                                           development as a nation
including Aboriginal and     apology’ by My Place examine the perspective from an
Torres Strait Islander                                                                                                 Discuss and represent their
                             ATSI person/community                                                                                                        KWL worksheet
people (ATSI)                                                                                                          knowledge, the progress each
Demonstrates                 -Class discussion- Know/want to know/have learned                                         student want with the topic and
developing skills of         -Students fill out the KWL with reference to both their                                   their thoughts on the
                             prior knowledge and ‘The apology’ clip, with the insight
historical inquiry and                                                                                                 significance of the topic.
                             of an ASTI perspective.
communication
                             -To reflect the lesson students will choose between the
-Who the Stolen
                             characters of Aunty Bev, Laura, Kevin Rudd or another
generation, where are
                             person involved in the clip. They will then write on how
they from and raised and
how are they related to      their chosen character would express the significance
the change in Australia’s    of this event in changing Australia from the 20th
                             century.
society throughout the
20th century (ACHHK114)      -Differentiation: Students, who are struggling with
                             describing the different perspectives, will then describe
EN3-7C
                             the emotion and impact it had on the people in the
Thinks imaginatively,
                             Aboriginal community centre.
creatively, interpretively
and critically about
information and ideas
and identifies
connections between
texts when responding to
and composing texts
HTe-1                       Hook and Hold attention                                    Scaffolded grid (see    Engages with data display          Column graph
Communicates stories of     Lesson 2                                                   appendix #2)            techniques to explore the          worksheet, group
their own family heritage   -Students recap what immediate family is                                           structure of their own and class   discussion
and heritage of others      -Explain how immediate family can differ from person       Example pictures (see   member’s family
-Who the people in their    to person                                                  appendix #2)
family are, where they      Students view 2 images of dissimilar families-draw
were born and raised and    comparisons.
how are they related to     -Global:- connect these concepts to a foreign famil
each other (ACHHK001)       structure and draw comparisons of
-Identify people in their   similarities/differences between families
immediate families and      -Discuss different parenting and household
show relationships          arrangements-ask students what their arrangements
between family members      are.
DES1.1 Represents and       -Create a tally of the number of people in each
interprets data displays    household by using 5 lines (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 or more).
made from objects and       Discuss which is biggest, which is smallest, what can we
pictures                    tell from this etc.
• organises a group of      -Ask students to return to desks and have a class
similar objects into rows   discussion about how number of people in families can
or columns                  also differ
                            -Scaffolded grid worksheet ‘how many people in your
                            house?’ students colour in grid to match number of
                            people in each house.
                            -Conclude lesson by interrelating maths activity with
                            recognising similarities and differences in family
                            structures.
                            Students experiencing difficulty:- Teacher will work one
                            on one with groups or individual students who are
                            experiencing difficulty.
                            Advanced students:- Students may join with another
                            group and conduct a comparative analysis of the two
                            graphs and establish similarities and differences
                            between each graph.
Outcomes:                   Equip                                                    My place video, student        Communicate and depict the        Class discussion,
HTe-2                       Lesson 3                                                 worksheet. See appendix #3     changing role of the woman in     questioning
Demonstrates                What are the stories of our families: - How do we know                                  families over time.
developing skills of        what happened long ago?
historical inquiry and                                                                                              Accurately convey the role of
communication               Controversial issue: Role of women in the family                                        their mother in their current
                                                                                                                                                      Observation and
How the stories of the      Discuss roles of all immediate family members. View                                     family structure through visual
past can be                 my place video about the role of women in the family                                    and written communication         work sample
communicated                in a particular era.                                                                    techniques
(ACHHK004)                  -Draw comparisons between the roles of the women in
-Discuss then and now;      this family in comparison to their own. Communicate
past and present.           the notion that this has changed over time
                            -Jointly construct an example sentence on the board
RES1.5 Demonstrates         “When my mum is at home she...”
developing reading skills   -Compare activities of the mother in a household from
to read                     past to present
short, predictable          -Review writing techniques such as full stops, capital
written texts on familiar   letters and appropriate spacing appropriate to
topics.                     completing a sentence
recognises that words on    -Review reading techniques such as sounding and
a page have a meaning       syllable clapping appropriate to reading a sentence.
and can be                  -Give students a worksheet with sentence starter which
read aloud                  they must complete
                            -Each student will read part of created sentences,
WES1.10 Produces            teacher will start them off with when my mum is at
simple texts that show      home she... and teacher may reinforce clapping and
the emergence of the        sounding to assist
grammar and                 -Differentiation: - Adv. Students complete sentence
punctuation needed to       from scratch without sentence starter.. Students
achieve the purpose of      experiencing difficulty can say what their mother does
the text.                   and teacher writes it down so they can still attempt
copies grammatical          assisted reading
patterns modelled by
teacher
                            Lesson 4
                            -Revisit last lessons topic about roles of family        Old Objects, group work        Distinguishes between then and
                            members, discuss how objects can play an important       activity sheet. See appendix   now through the examination of
HTe-1                       role in a family environment and how family objects      #4                             a variety of sources and
Communicates stories of     like family member roles, have also changed over time                                   communicates understanding
their own family heritage   -Students are organised into a share circle where they                                  through both written and oral
and heritage of others       will present their objects individually                   mediums   Group work task and
HTe-2 Demonstrates           -When students present their objects they will be                   class discussion
developing skills of         questioned by the class. What is the object? What is it
historical inquiry and       used for? How is it used (example questions will be
communication                given to students)
How the stories of the       - Group activity: - Old family objects that are rarely
past can be                  used in modern day will be set up into stations around
communicated                 the room. Objects include a record, a VHS tape and an
(ACHHK004)                   audio cassette tape. Students use their “detective eyes
-Discuss then and now;       to analyse these and draw conclusions about what they
past and present.            were used for. Students will draw the modern day
TES1.2 Demonstrates          equivalent of this object on a sheet.
basic skills of classroom    -Then and now table is put up on the smart board.
and group interaction,       Students and teacher collaboratively group objects i.e.
makes brief oral             record in the then column, cd in the now column etc.
presentations and listens    -Reflect on the table by highlighting the differences
with reasonable              between old and new objects in terms of size, function
attentiveness.               and appearance. Reinforce the notion of then and now
• demonstrates attentive     and how these changes have impacted families over
listening                    the years. Add any new concepts to class poster.
• participates in partner    -Differentiation:- Advanced students are to explore
and small-group activities   further possible old objects that family used and find
                             their modern day equivalent. Students experiencing
                             difficulty will be given guided prompting as to what
                             features to focus upon when examining an object.
HTe-2                        Rethink                                                       Smartboard             Differentiate between then and      Group worksheets,
Demonstrates                 Lesson 5                                                       slideshow              now:- i.e. processes completed      anecdotes from
developing skills of         -Students have discussion about the olden days                Group information      in the past in comparison to        questioning/discussi
historical inquiry and       -Reference previous lesson-objects changing over               sheets (see appendix   today                               on
communication                time:- processes are different                                 #5)
How the stories of the        Modified info. Sheet on Smartboard:- hand washing            Internet websites      Able to appropriately utilise ICT
                                                                                                                                                       Worksheet,
past can be                  the old fashioned way                                         Worksheets             and synthesise resource to seek
communicated                 -Examine as a class. Ask questions about “olden days”                                 specific information                observation of
(ACHHK004)                   talk with family member.                                                                                                  student progress,
-Use a variety of sources,   -Explicitly demonstrate the worksheet and how to fill it                                                                  questioning
including photographs,       in.
or a treasured object to     -Split students in groups of 5, each group of five is
recount stories about        allocated with a modified information sheet of an old
their families and discuss   fashioned process used by families over time. Examples
how sources are used to      include ironing, washing dishes and transport. Examine
answer the question, how     as a group, fill in worksheet- (Students swap around
do we know?                  their info sheets. Complete cut and paste activity- paste
-Discuss then and now;       in the picture of the old object underneath the label of
past and present             what the process is. Draw new object next to it)
RES1.5 Demonstrates          -Present to the class. Reflect on new world processes.
developing reading skills    Connect to olden days discussion:- What do these
to read short, predictable   sheets tell us about the olden days? Explore
written texts on familiar    comparisons between old and new processes.
texts                        Reflect and examine class poster and add/revise any
- talks about the            specific aspects.
information found in         Advanced students:- write a sentence about the olden
factual texts                days. Start sentence “In the olden days….” . Students
                             experiencing difficulty will have olden day pictures
                             already in the column, and will just draw the present
                             day picture. Teacher to prompt and assist with
                             information sheet if needed.
                             Excursion (lesson 6)
HTe-1 Communicates           -Visit David Edgeworth memorial museum. Students
stories of their own         view hands on objects from the olden days and further
family heritage and the      explore connections with the present day.                                                 Able to communicate stories of
heritage of others           -The teacher in correlation with the historian working                                    the past and distinguish
HTe-2                        at the museum will give students a guided explanation       -Excursion activity sheets    similarities/differences between
Demonstrates                 of some of these aspects.                                   (See appendix # 6)            the past and the present.
developing skills of         -Assist students to complete their short activity sheet     -Large notebook for teacher                                      Excursion activity
historical inquiry and       (draw 3 specific objects and identify what they are:-       guiding of the activities,                                       sheets. Teacher
communication                one for leisure purposes, one essential object, and an      large A3 version of the
                                                                                                                                                          marks these with a
-How the stories of the      unusual one that is obsolete (that is, no modern day        activity sheet.
                             equivalent).
                                                                                                                                                          specific rubric with
past can be                                                                              -Clipboards, pencils etc
communicated                 -View some old photographs and use their “detective                                                                          outlined criteria in
(ACHHK004)                   eyes” to find 3 notable differences between features of                                                                      order to record data.
-Discuss then and now:       past photos in comparison to present. Write one word                                                                         -Questioning,
past and present.            to say what these differences are and discuss together                                                                       observation.
-Uses sources to             as a class. Place in groups of 3 to do this activity.
communicate stories          -As an extension, students might write a short sentence
about families, and to       to explain how the object works, and extend upon the
answer the question          words they have written about the photographs. To
“How do we know?”            assist students experiencing difficulty, teacher must
TES1.2 Demonstrates          prompt thinking through questioning, and assist
basic skills of classroom    students in choosing objects for each category.
and group interaction,
makes brief oral
presentations and listens
with reasonable
attentiveness.
-participates in partner
and small-group activities
Outcome:                     Create and Value                                          -Smartboard slideshow      Able to synthesise and           Discussion/questioni
HTe-1 Communicates           Post Excursion (Lesson 7)                                 -Scaffolded writing        articulate information derived   ng
stories of their own         -Recap of excursion: Revisit the concepts explored at     worksheets (See appendix   from historical sources          Writing task
family heritage and the      the museum. Use activity sheets.                          #7)
heritage of others           - Revisit mind map made throughout the unit so far.       -Class mind map
HTe-2                        Add new vocabulary/concepts acquired from the             -My place clip
Demonstrates                 excursion and review concepts already covered.
developing skills of         Explore connections through these concepts.
historical inquiry and       -After having a recap of the excursion, students will
communication                complete an interactive writing activity which explores
How the stories of the       concepts from the excursion.
past can be                  -Writing scaffold on Smartboard:- teacher has sentence
communicated                 starters and will write a joint example as a class.
(ACHHK004)                   Students then independently make their own attempt
-Discuss then and now:       at doing this.
past and present.            -Have some students read out their work, connect and
-Use a variety of sources,   reflect upon changes from past/present.
including photographs,       -Review excerpt from “my place” series-explore
or a treasured object to     connections between this and concepts of then/now,
recount stories about        past/present that they have explored in their learning
their families and discuss   activities.
how sources are used to      -Connect to stories of their own families:- What do
answer the question, how     sources we have examined, and the objects from home
do we know?                  tell us about our own families? What do we know now
WES1.9 Engages in            in comparison to when we started this? Write words
writing texts with the       from discussion and Smartboard onto class concept
intention of conveying an    map
idea or message.             -Differentiation:- Students experiencing difficulty will
-writes short personal       write one simple sentence which reflects on the overall
recounts                     basis of the excursion. Advanced students will extend
-contributes to joint        upon this and be able to make personal reflection
construction of texts        about the excursion, what they thought about it,
                             relation to their own family etc.
Outcome:                     Reflect (Lesson 8)                                          -Personal photos             -Verbally express personal         Speech task and
HTe-1 Communicates           -Prior to this task, teacher sends notification of speech   -Speech rubric               stories with visual aid            rubric
stories of their own         and the need to bring a photo in.                           -Scaffolded worksheet (See
family heritage and the      - Teacher brings their own photo in for the class.          appendix #8)                 -Participate in meaningful
heritage of others           Explain the photo and why it’s important.                                                partner discussion to explore
                                                                                                                                                         Observation of group
How the stories of the       -Ask students if this photo is important to them,                                        the notion of importance and
                                                                                                                                                         work activity,
past can be                  emphasise why it isn’t. Begin to think about although a                                  significance
communicated                 student’s family is important to them, it might not be                                                                      scaffolded
(ACHHK004)                   to other people.                                                                                                            worksheet.
-Discuss the significance    - Each student has the opportunity to talk about their
of the chosen treasured      photo (max 45 sec approx.)
object or photograph         -Reflect on the notion of importance spoken about
TES1.1 Communicates          earlier in the lesson. Explore the concept that your
with peers and known         photograph is important to you, but might not be as
adults in informal           important to others. Teacher could place a personal
situations and structured    photograph up to illustrate this.
activities dealing briefly   -Group work:- Teacher explicitly scaffolds expectations
with familiar topics.        of what they expect to see in group work, students in
• describes an object of     pairs. Explore the notion of importance in terms of
interest to the class        each other’s photo’s. Give students 3 possible
                             questions on scaffolded worksheet. Write simple
                             answers, i.e. only a few words.
                             -Share circle:-Ask some students to explain what they
                             found out in terms of importance about each other’s
                             photos in the pair activity.
                             -Students having difficulty can verbally communicate
                             answers rather than written answers, with teacher
                             prompting the discussion. Advanced students may give
                             detailed answers which critically examine the questions
                             given about their photographs.
HTe-1 Communicates           Revise (Lesson 9)                                           -Old video.                  Able to apply concepts learnt in   Questioning
stories of their own         -Explain that students will be revising concepts from       -Ipads, computers etc        earlier lessons to different
family heritage and the     earlier lessons. Revisit mind map, and core concepts            (please note, teacher might      situations
heritage of others          visited in earlier lessons, i.e. analysing portraits etc that   like to assess availability of
HTe-2                       are the focal point of the unit.                                other rooms to have more         Appropriately uses ICT
Demonstrates                - Display an old video. Students use their “detective           computer access                  resources to effectively seek    Research activity
developing skills of        eyes”. Have a go at letting them analyse and suggest            -Grandpa’s mask story book       new information about
                                                                                                                                                              (observation),
historical inquiry and      meanings, interpretations more independently.                   (See appendix #9)                acquired core concepts
                                                                                                                                                              collage
communication               -Students share their conclusions and ideas. Link to
How the stories of the      previous similar activities.
past can be                 -Pose the question:- What do you think the video was
communicated                about? How is family shown in this video
(ACHHK004)                  -Research activity:- Students are in groups of 3. Using
-Discuss the significance   either Ipads or computers, teachers will guide the
of the chosen treasured     research process to navigate a specific website to
object or photograph        discover some photos/resources..
RES1.6 Demonstrates         -Students print off any information and create a cut
developing reading skills   and paste collage of their findings.
and strategies for          -Students share their findings with the class, discuss.
reading books, dealing      -Read “grandpa’s mask” to the students to further
with print and              enforce the notion that our families are different,
comprehending texts.        intertwine with concepts explored throughout the unit.
- navigates through         -Advanced students:- Independently navigate a website
sections of computer        to seek further information about the topic with
software.                   minimal teacher assistance. Students experiencing
                            difficulty may not be able to navigate the websites, and
                            require assistance from classmates and teacher to seek
                            relevant information.
HTe-1 Communicates          Evaluate and Self Assess (Lesson 10)                            Student objects                  Uses meaningful questioning      Think, pair share
stories of their own        -Students bring back objects they had in lesson 4-send          Evaluation sheets (See           techniques to uncover specific   activity
family heritage and the     note home prior.                                                Appendix #10)                    information about an object
heritage of others          - Question what we can do about finding out                     Scaffolded questions on the
HTe-2                       information about an object. Establish focus upon how           board                            Expressively communicate
Demonstrates                this object relates to their families.                          Paper for student drawings       understanding through verbal
                                                                                                                                                              Drawing, discussion
developing skills of        -Conduct a class investigation:- bring your own                                                  and visual technique
historical inquiry and      treasured object from home. Model how to conduct an
                                                                                                                                                              with the teacher
communication               investigation. Revisit class mind map.
-How the stories of the     -Students are to conduct a think, pair share activity.
past can be                 Think about any significant features of the object, what
communicated                it does, etc. Scaffold specific questions students could
(ACHHK004)                  ask to find important things out.
-Pose questions about        -Students then go in their pairs to discuss and discover
another’ object or           facts about one another’s objects.
photograph                   -Share circle:- choose groups to come out and tell the
TES1.2 Demonstrates          class what they found out about their partner’s object,
basic skills of classroom    and why it’s special to them/their family. Teacher asks
and group interaction,       questions to assess the effectiveness of the pair
makes brief oral             dynamic,
presentations and listens    -Students draw a picture based on partner explanation
with reasonable              to communicate understanding.
attentiveness.               -At the end, students privately complete an evaluation
• demonstrates attentive     sheet with “smiley faces” to communicate opinions
listening                    about the unit, reflect understanding. Pairs also
•listens while others        evaluate one another using simple questioning on the
present news and asks        evaluation.
relevant questions           - Advanced students:- Develop further questions to
                             discover more information about their partner’s object
                             and its significance to the family. Students experiencing
                             difficulty will ask specific questions on a modified
                             scaffold sheet prepared by teacher.
Outcome:                     Communicate (Lesson 11)                                     Pictorial timeline worksheet.   Effectively sequences stages in       Observation and
HTe-1                        How do our families impact upon our lives?                  (See appendix #11)              their lives to identify significant   work sample
Communicates stories of                                                                                                  events and the roles of their
their own family heritage    Discuss the notion that life progresses/significant                                         families.
and heritage of others       events that have occurred in the past and question
-How the stories of the      students about what role their family played during
past can be                  these.
communicated                 -As a class make a joint pictorial timeline on the smart
(ACHHK004)                   board to complete a broad example of possible
-Identify and sequence       significant stages of life and how it progresses. Include
stages in their lifetime     a focus upon how family life has changed as their life
VAES1.1 Makes simple         has progressed. Supplement this with a personal
pictures and other kinds     timeline you have prepared about your own life.
of artworks about things     -Students then create their own personal pictorial
and experiences.             timeline:- draw a picture of 5 significant memories
-• investigates              from times in their lives and write their age
relationships in their art   underneath.
making, e.g. people who      -Students will then choose one memory and share it
are important to them        with the class. They also communicate the significance
explores significant         of their families in this event.
                             -Class will reflect on statements at the end through
events in their life in art   questioning such as “why was that memory important?
making such as birthdays,     -Differentiation:- Advanced students could also write a
parades, celebrations,        sentence about each significant event to further extend
fetes,                        their exploration. Students experiencing difficulty may
holidays, festivals           require prompting as to what they could actually
                              include-may get confused about stages in their lives
Outcome:                      Relate (Lesson 12)                                          Props to stimulate thinking   Utilises dramatic techniques to   Observation/rubric
HTe-2                         How my family is special/unique compared to other           for performance               explore significant life events
Demonstrates                  families
developing skills of                                                                                                    Engages in collaborative          Questioning/discussi
historical inquiry and        -Talk about significant life events as explored in the                                    discussion to reflect upon and
                                                                                                                                                          on
communication                 previous lesson. Utilise dramatic techniques to explore                                   extend student learning.
-How the stories of the       feelings and emotions associated with these events
past can be                   -As a class, have student act out specific emotions in a
communicated                  circle. Teacher also demonstrates a routine about a
(ACHHK004                     significant event in their lives.
-Identify and sequence        -Wipe this off the board and split students into pairs.
stages in their lifetime      One of the pair must then act out their significant event
DRAS1.1                       and the other will guess what the event is. Students
Takes on roles in             swap partners and do this a few times
drama to explore              -pairs then form with another group to form groups of
familiar and imagined         4 to discuss and reflect upon the activity.
situations                    -Action:- Think about how views of family/ the past has
                              changed through the course of the unit. Think of 1
                              thing and pledge how they will act differently in the
                              future-connect to drama, unit concepts (mindmap).
                              Differentiation:- Advanced students could devise a
                              longer joint scenario to perform to the whole class
                              about significant events. Students experiencing
                              difficulty may need assistance with expression and
                              dramatic technique.
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